Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-14
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
All Arrangements Completed to Put
the Prussian Army Bill Into E.
feet April First.
The Cessation OF War Reports Thought
TO be Only Temporary Owing to
RGssja's Unregiiness,
BismnrCk's SoSrne TO Reform the Taxa
ton 20 be Reserved Until the Au.umn
Term of the Reichsfag.
Germany.
GENERAL POLITICAL GOSSIP.

l.
BERLIN, March I3.-The Official Ga
zette publishes the army bill as pass d.
Arrangements to put it into action on
April l are completed. Ncw battaIions
will be formed ss fourth battalions in the
existing regiments. -Four new railroad
companies will also be formed, two
Prussian, one Saxon and one WuItem-
/ burg combined. They will COnsti-
| tute third battalion of the Ber-
lin Railway regiment hitherto
composed OF only two battalions.
The act in full working order practically
Increases the army by 170, 600 men. Fri
day shOrs debate on Her Ricker.'s mo-
| ton to cover the cost Of additional mill
taTy forces by an imperi8l income tax
failed 10 elicit any ministerial information
as TO the governments financial plan
Herr RicKert proposed to tx eli caDital
income above COCO marks at = graduated
rate, beginning at ] per cent. Nearly the
whole house disapDrOYed the proposal,
inc uding several New German Liberals.
1t is reported that the deficit viii be met
By e loan, Prince BismgTck's C0mPrehe1-
sive GcEeme to reform the taxation. being
reserved for tbs autuIn session.
At dinner given by Prince Bismarck
Friday evening t. the National Liberals
the question Cf t,Iatic2 was the leading
topic IF conversation. S5Gce j. is re.0rt-
ed taat the spirit interests viii not again
be attacked Jha three Sep.e9nists groups
appear ready t. support any financial pro
jets CT the government. The latest Cen
tri>t utlcr4C"e made y Here Hueoe on
the first Te&G.-@ uf fire budget amounted
10 81 declaration that tie C-lter Da.ty is
willing L accord m Increase Of revenue
~ ind.ryc5 raXs,iJu. hut Eill resist ne
establishment OF any mC2o0yIY on spirits
or tobacco.
Uudtr she los starcG of Prince Bis
m8rek, the OJarhaus Commission VIII
modify its opposition to Bishop Ko5p's
amen ments ID the church oil. The
clerical press reports th4t sN GUJents has
been established, based upon the accept
ance Of Bishop Kopp's IN eti0u, limiting
The po3er Of veto Of tha presidents Of the
provinces. The passage OF the bill Is now
regarded IS Certain
The cessation Of war reports. Il IS
feared, is only temporary. RU5sia's iOr-
beareuce regarding Bulgaria is attributed
in military circles to her unVe2diness
for q campaign. Since the move
ment Of troops toward The frontier
that the Russian transport and amDu-
lance services are bOth utterly unf5 TO
face war with Aust ria. Letters to Gal
lician newspapers, Struggled over the
frontier, describe the Wretched state of
the Russian troops. Army contractors
are Conspiring with the commanders to
defrGud the eXchequer and intercept one
hat # every 1000, 600 roubIes paid out
for the army. The result is that if the
army should suddenly be called into
active service it would be deCimare3 by
starvation end typhus fever il : few
Eeeks. In Warsaw the Of
fceTs have warned he Gar
of the condition OF the
men and measures have been taken TO
remedy tie evils, but it viii be impossi-
be TO get the administration reformed
and the army ready for several months.
Orders have been issued il Warsaw for
the construction Of wooden barracks In
Radon, Lublin, Vlsdimir, Royno end
BeTjitschew, on the G&llic.an frontier.
The greatest concentration # troops is
taking place at ROYnO, where five barracks
are being built.
NJ. de Lesseps is the hero of the day in
Berlin. NumOerless cards have been left
for him at the French Embassy. YesteT-
day ne had conference Of al hour with
Prince Bismarck, lunched with the Crown
Prince Frederick William and was ten
dered q reception at the Ethncgrs phicaI
Museum. He was also given q reception